Walkerith

Walkerith is a hamlet within the civil parish of East Stockwith, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the east bank of the River Trent, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north-west from Gainsborough and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south from East Stockwith.

Key Information

Walkerith
Walkerith from the River Trent
Walkerith Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	SK787929
• London	135 mi (217 km) S
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GAINSBOROUGH
Postcode district	DN21
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°25′39″N 0°48′58″W / 53.427435°N 0.816088°W / 53.427435; -0.816088
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The name 'Walkerith' derives from the Old English for 'landing place of a fuller'.^[1]

Walkerith is recorded in the 1872 White's Directory as a small village and township in the Soke of Kirton, with a population of 80 in 252 acres (1 km²) of land. Trades listed included a boat builder, the licensed victualler of the Ferry Hotel, and four farmers.^[2]

In 1885, Kelly's Directory recorded the village as a township within the ecclesiastical parish of East Stockwith, with its own ferry across the Trent, an area of 253 acres (1 km²), an 1881 population of 87, and a Wesleyan chapel built in 1834.^[3][4][5] Prior to 1866 Walkerwith was, for administrative purposes, a township, afterwards a civil parish.^[6][7]